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FEBS LETTERS
卷 478, 期 1-2, 页码 13-18出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-5793(00)01820-2
关键词
topology; transmembrane; cell division; FtsK; PhoA; metalloprotease
The Escherichia coli FtsK protein targets the septum, is essential for cell division and may play a role in DNA partitioning, Computer modelling suggests that the first 180 amino acids of the protein are embedded in the cytoplasmic membrane by up to sis transmembrane domains, We demonstrate, using gene fusions, that the N-terminus contains four transmembrane helices that link two periplasmic domains. The first periplasmic domain contains an HEXXH amino acid sequence characteristic of zinc metalloproteases, We show by mutation analysis that the conserved glutamic acid of the HEXXH sequence is essential for FtsK function during septation. (C) 2000 Federation of European Biochemical Societies. Published by Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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